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R. 'BREUL.

DRAW-BR PULL. v k No. 258,882. Patented June 6, 1882.

WITNESSES INVENTOR fl flm/di" I v ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- RICHARDBREUL, OF BEIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SMITH & EGGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

DRAWER-PULL.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 258,882, dated June 6, 1882,

Application filed December 23, I879.

all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD BREUL, of Bridgeport,in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Pulls;

- drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain novel features of construction of drawer-pulls, as will be hereinafterand in detail explained.

In order that those skilled may know how to make and use my invention, I-will proceed to describe its construction and application, referring by letters to the aocompanyingdrawin gs.

Figure 1 is a front .view of an ordinary drawer-pull Fig. 2, a similar view of a drawer-pull embodying my invention; Fig. 3, a

section taken at the line y y of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4, a detail View. in section at line w at, Fig. 2, of one method of :securing the hook end of the shank to the bar or pull which passes through the ferrule.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several' figures 0f the drawings.

A represents the shank, which I prefer to make flat, oval, orsuch other shape in crosssection that it may be readily forced through a round hole bored in the front of the drawer or door and retained against turning.

B is an escutcheon, and C a drawer-front.

The rear end of the shank,"or that portion which protrudes to the inside of the drawerfront, is formed with an elongated slot adapted to receive a keying-wedge, D, or it may be adapted to receive a screw-nnt. The outer end of the shank is turned or bent into hook form and adapted to surround and grasp an having a slot centrally to admit of the passage through it of said-shank.

When the several parts referred to are arranged as described the free end of the shank A is forced into and through the hole prepared for it in the front of the drawer, and by the application of the keying-wedge D or a drawing screw-nut the ferrule is drawn against the escutcheon and the latter against the drawerfront, and are firmly held in position without the use of any other securing devices.

.By reason of the shape in cross-section of the shank, the shank and also the escutcheon are retained in a fixed axial relation. The shoulder on the eseutcheon, embraced by the open end of the ferrule, prevents any sidewise movement of theferrule, and alsoserves to strengthen and support it against indentation. The ferrule thoroughly conceals and protects the connection between the shank and the ring or bar, and presents an ornamental appearance, and the length of the ferrule also determines the distance of the ring or bar from the front of the drawer. The ferrule at that poi'nt where the ring or bar passes through it may be providedwith an eyelet, around which the hook end of the shank passes, and any desired form of pull may then be passed through said eyelet.

What I claim as new, and by Letters Patent, is-

The ferrule I and shank A, connected together substantially as described, in combination with the escutcheon B, having a raised central portion or annular shoulder, the whole adapted to be held together and in position on a drawer by a key-wedge or nut, as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. V

' RICHARD BREUL.

desire to secure Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, CHARLES B. WILSON. 

